Check out www.onelook.com for lots of dictionary entries for Linux, several of which link to pronunciation audio or information. Linus himself pronounces it in a Scandanavian way (LEE-nux) that is different from anyone else I've ever heard in English. Judging from the references, no one ought to consider the "cynics" or "ducks" versions wrong. You hear both a lot, in the US at least. Anyone who says there is one "right" pronunciation -- whatever they might think it to be -- is wrong.

QUOTE(chal @ Nov 30 2005, 10:49 AM)

"Hello, this is Linus Torvalds and I pronounce Linux as 'Linux' "

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I Personally say Linux rhyming with the English word cynics. That might only be because I am so cynical.

I figure since Linus pronounces it as rhyming with his name in Finnish ("...my name is Lee-noos Torvalds, and I pronounce Lee-nooks as Lee-nooks"), I just "Americanize" the OS the same way as the name ("Line-us"->"Line-ucks"). That way, I'm wrong, but in a predictable way (heh).

I figure since Linus pronounces it as rhyming with his name in Finnish ("...my name is Lee-noos Torvalds, and I pronounce Lee-nooks as Lee-nooks"), I just "Americanize" the OS the same way as the name ("Line-us"->"Line-ucks"). That way, I'm wrong, but in a predictable way (heh).

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Just for the record, Linus native language is Swedish, and that's how he pronounces his name (with a Finlandian accent but it's still Swedish) . I think it is about 8% of the people in Finland that speak Swedish as their first language.